OTR Links 09/28/2012

“For this feature we have rounded up some of the best and most useful Filmmaking Apps that our Deal Leader Steve Jobs has approved for the App Store. As more filmmakers explore the possibilities with these powerful mobile devices, we are sure this list will continue to grow.”

“Some people love making fun of teleprompters and those who use them. But these tools can be quite helpful in improving your public speaking skills. They are handy for giving great speeches too. Teleprompters could be a bit costly. Thanks to these iPad apps, you can use your iPad as your teleprompter:”

Starting on October 2nd, I am very pleased to announce that Parkland School Division, in conjunction with the Central Alberta Regional Consortium, will be holding totally open and free sessions on “Leadership 2.0“. This will explore what school leadership looks like in the context of today’s world and how innovative leaders are pushing their schools and organizations forward. The course will be based on the Alberta Principal Quality Standards but these standards are applicable to the success of a school leader anywhere in the world and usually align with most organizational standards.

“Below are responses collected from a group of teachers face-to-face (f2f) in Brisbane, on paper. And below that are some of the responses from teachers online via Facebook, solicited at the same time.”

“A new kind of digitally connected real world is taking shape. One where our everyday experiences are becoming super-charged with digital content and services connected to the physical things around us. To make this happen, these physical things need Active Digital Identities.”

“New high quality free fonts has always been a fundamental aspect of stylish headlines design, but many designers choosing new fonts for there designs. So today we’re collected 35 new free fonts for professional designers.”

“YouTube is working now on a new feature which would be great for us in education. The current project is called ” Video Questions Editor Beta ” which is a way for ” multiple questions to be displayed on top of your video during playback that a viewer can answer.””

“One of the things that I absolutely love about the web is that it’s a place where people can start to collaborate on projects and other things. As the web improves so does creating projects and collaborating on them, which opens up more possibilities for great things to happen. What is so great is that web apps are starting to replace desktop apps and are actually on par with them as far as features, and throw in social features and they’re even better than desktop apps could be.”

“Many organizations or schools are starting to get on the Facebook and Twitter bandwagon and seeing the importance of having a presence on the largest social networks. Yet, there is much more to Twitter than having an account, and unless you are Justin Bieber, you have to change your mindset to make meaningful use of social media.”

“There was only one problem: When the app told me that I had arrived, I was sitting in a random suburban cul-de-sac. Children were playing in the front yard, the sky was a crisp blue, and I was late for my talk.”

“Any company, organization, or individual hoping to take advantage of digital video to educate or entertain the populace or promote a product should have a video strategy in place before springing for the time and equipment involved. Educators, of course, are not exempt from the core tenets of solidifying a viable video strategy — especially when it comes to how exactly they plan to take advantage of everything the medium offers.”

“UBC is joining forces with the US-based company Coursera to provide high quality, non-credit courses free of charge to a worldwide audience – bringing the university’s expertise within reach of anyone with Internet access.”

“Chrome has held a special place in the recent months and its always my favorite browser. Google has managed to bring in chrome first place with its chrome app store that has lot of useful extensions and apps. On the past, I had written about lot of chrome extensions for shopping, Youtube experience, Screenshot chrome plugins, Productivity extensions, for web designers and more. Today I have compiled a list of interesting new chrome extensions that you should try.”

“The cloud-based office suite will, from 1 October, only be able to export to newer Office Open XML formats such as .docx. This will affect anyone collaborating with users of pre-2003 Office versions, although Microsoft does have a compatibility pack to help out users of some earlier iterations.”